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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"PICU"”.
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Cardiac arrest in children preceding PICU admission: Aetiology and outcome in a developing country
… and outcomes of children admitted to PICU following cardiac arrest between January 2010 and December 2011. Methods: Retrospective descriptive study of routinely collected data. Results: Of 2501 PICU admissions, 110 (4.4%; 58.7% male) had preceding cardiac arrest, 80.6% of which …
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The Association of Severe Pain Experienced in the PICU and Health-Related Quality of Life Post-Discharge
… is common after pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission. There are few known modifiable risk factors during PICU admission for a clinically significant decline in HRQL. Chronic pain is known to be associated with low HRQL. We hypothesized that the duration of severe pain during PICU …
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Exploring medication errors and doctors’ and nurses’ perceptions of them in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU).
… learning is not being shared across the PICU. The aim of this study was to gain a more accurate understanding of medication error (ME) occurrence in one large Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and to explore the paediatric intensive care (PIC) team’s perceptions of MEs and how they …
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Why, how and when do children die in a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in South Africa?
… a South African Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Design: Retrospective review of data extracted from the Child Healthcare Problem Identification Programme (Child PIP)and the PICU summary system (admission and death records) on children of any age who died in the PICU between 01 January 2013 …
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An audit of transfers into the PICU at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital: a follow up study
… into the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital for critical care, without a specialised paediatric transfer service. A previous audit in 2003 reported a high incidence of technical, clinical and critical adverse events during transfers. …
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A retrospective review of all children admitted with acute severe asthma to the paediatric intensive care unit, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital between 2009-2019.
… admission to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). There is limited data on the admission rates, treatment modalities and length of PICU stay, for children who have acute severe asthma (ASA) in a South African context. In this study, we aim to describe the patient profiles and treatment of …
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FUTURE MODEL FOR PEDIATRIC ICU (PICU) PATIENT ROOM: OPTIMIZE CARE IN TERMS OF PATIENT SAFETY AND STAFF EFFICIENCY BY DESIGN
… conducted in five consecutive weekdays in the PICU triple-patient rooms to record 13 RNs’ work steps, walking paths, and high contact surfaces. In-person interviews with six of the observed nurses were conducted to understand their daily care delivery activities and opinions of the current and …
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A description of premature and ex-premature infants admitted to a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in the first six months of life
… with paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission constitutes significant morbidity. There is a paucity of literature regarding rehospitalisations of premature infants in South Africa. Objective: To describe the outcomes, clinical course and characteristics of premature infants …
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The clinical presentation and outcome of tuberculosis in children admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit in an area with a high incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis
… tuberculosis who required admission to the PICU, although the incidence of HIV was low. None of the index cases had MDR-TB. Fifty-one percent of children were admitted to the PICU because of primary tuberculosis or complications of the disease. Of these children 69 % had respiratory failure …
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Patterns of acute kidney injury and functional outcome scores in pediatric patients hospitalized with acute respiratory failure
… admitted to pediatric intensive care units (PICU) and is strongly associated with morbidity and mortality. In recent years, there has been an increased focus on patient-centered outcomes and quality of life among survivors of AKI. One study of pediatric sepsis patients with AKI found that AKI …
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Factors which influence pediatric intensive care unit nurses to leave their jobs
… to fill. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) nurses, a forgotten subgroup of critical care nurses, are more vulnerable to dissatisfaction, as they face issues unique to caring for critically ill children and their families. The purpose of this qualitative study was to discover why nurses …
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A Description of the Use of Sildenafil in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
… in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (RCWMCH), to provide insights into the clinical profiles and outcomes of children with PH Methods. A retrospective descriptive study of all children treated with sildenafil in the PICU between 1 …
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Children admitted to Paediatric Intensive Care at Red Cross War Memorial Children?s Hospital with Non-Accidental injuries (2012-2020): a retrospective descriptive study
… admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with suspected non-accidental injury (NAI). Methods: A retrospective descriptive study of routinely collected data from all children admitted to the PICU with suspected NAI from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2020. Results: Of 11345 children …
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A review of the use of inhaled nitric oxide in the PICU at Red Cross Children's Hospital, 2011-2015: A retrospective cohort study
… with iNO in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital (RCWMCH) from 2011- 2015. Results: A total of 140 patients were treated with iNO during this time period, 82 were for PHT following cardiac surgery, 53 for ARDS and 5 for PPHN. A response to …
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Outcomes following admission to paediatric intensive care: A systematic review
… admission to a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) has on both the child and their family. Following discharge from PICU, children may be living with complex medical problems as well as dealing with the psychosocial impact that their illness has had on them and their family. Objectives To …
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Transport of critically ill children in a resource-limited setting
… To audit paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) transfer activity and transfer-related adverse events in a resource-limited setting. Twenty-two bed regional PICU of a university children's hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Prospective one-year audit of all children transferred directly …
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Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP): a retrospective review of all children diagnosed with a VAP during 2017 and 2018, in the PICU, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital.
… and mortality. A study conducted in our PICU in 2013, showed that VAP rates decreased dramatically after implementation of a VAP bundle and appointing a VAP coordinator, to 4/1000 ventilator days. As part of a “Plan, Do, Study, Act” cycle, it was necessary to evaluate the efficacy of …
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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Skin-Care Team
… stage two in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Pressure injury prevention was not a high priority for the nursing staff; nurses were unaware of current PI prevention protocols or the PI prevalence in the PICU.<strong> </strong>The goals are to reduce PIs by 20% in 3 months, increase PI …
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Caring for adolescents with acute and complex mental healthneeds in hospital settings : conceptualising and enabling nursingidentity, task and intervention
… Adolescent psychiatric intensive care units (PICU) play a significant role in child and adolescent mental health care pathways, not just in the UK but across Europe. Prior to the papers included in this thesis, there was no primary research in the field of adolescent PICU nursing. This thesis …
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